Language Quote by Richard S. Hartmetz

“Words are things. A small drip of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps even millions.”

— Bryon

But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.

— Anonymous

“You have been reading Byron. You have been marking the passages that seem to approve of your own character. I find marks against all…

— Virginia Woolf

“But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think;…

— George Gordon Byron

“Byron listened quietly, thinking to himself how people everywhere are about the same, but that it did seem that in a small town, where…

— William Faulkner

“The poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is…

— Plato

Lord Byron is only great as a poet; as soon as he reflects he is a child.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“For a poet is an airy thing, winged and holy, and he is not able to make poetry until he becomes inspired and goes…

— Plato

“I write you poems because God spoke the universe into existence, so don’t ever let me hear you say that words are just words.…

— Upile Chisala

“Words matter. Words make ideas. They preserve truths and history. They express freedom and they shape it. Words mold our thoughts. That gives them…

— Gregory Scott Katsoulis

“A poet, you see, is a light thing, and winged and holy, and cannot compose before he gets inspiration and loses control of his…

— Plato

“It's that wounded-poet crap, that soul-pain shit, that too-much-of-a-tortured-genius-to-wash bollocks. Brush your teeth, you little bastard. You're not fucking Byron.”

— Robert Galbraith